Baraka Abwele

Baraka Abwele (6 July 1940-22 December 2014) was a Nigerian Wahhabist imam.

Biography
Baraka Abwele was born in Kano, Kano State, in northern Nigeria. Abwele was a Sunni Muslim like his parents, and was raised in a shanty town that was eventually destroyed to make room for a skyscraper. Abwele was incensed by the modernization of the country and decided to become an imam to preach radical Islam. Abwele was educated in an Islamic school in the city, and he decided to open his own preaching center in Borno State. Abwele succeeded in converting many Nigerians to his radical anti-Western views, and he applauded Boko Haram's actions. He died of a liver disease in 2014.